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Argentine Senate grants final approval to abortion bill
30 Dec 2020 Argentina s Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (left) is pictured during the session in Buenos Aires. AFP
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Argentine lawmakers voted on Wednesday to legalise abortion, becoming one of only a handful of South American nations to do so, after hours of debate in the Senate.
President Alberto Fernandez approved by Argentina’s House of Deputies earlier this month proposed the bill. Now he is expected to sign it.
READ MORE I m Catholic but I have to legislate for everyone. Every year around 38,000 women are taken to hospital due to (clandestine) abortions and since the restoration of democracy (in 1983) more than 3,000 have died, said Fernandez.
Published December 30, 2020, 1:19 PM
Argentina’s Senate is preparing to vote Wednesday on a landmark bill on whether to legalize abortion in a country where the Catholic Church has long held sway, with the vote expected to be razor-thin.
Argentina’s Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (L) is pictured during the session at the Senate to decide whether to legalize voluntary abortions at up to 14 weeks or not, at the Congress in Buenos Aires, on December 29, 2020. – The bill proposed by President Alberto Fernandez already passed the Chamber of Deputies on December 11, despite fierce opposition from the Catholic Church and evangelical Christians. Terminations are currently only allowed in two cases: rape and danger to the mother’s life. (Photo by Ronaldo SCHEMIDT / AFP)
Argentines Celebrate Approval Of Landmark Abortion Law By Daniel MEROLLA
12/30/20 AT 6:22 PM
Pro-choice activists celebrated on the streets on Wednesday as Argentina joined a handful of South American nations to legalize abortion, a landmark decision in a country where the Catholic Church has long held sway.
Senate president Cristina Kirchner confirmed the vote after more than twelve hours of debate that began Tuesday, sparking scenes of jubilation in the capital Buenos Aires. A pro-choice campaigner covers her face with the green scarf adopted by activists pushing for abortion to be legalized in Argentina Photo: AFP / RONALDO SCHEMIDT Safe, legal and free abortion is law . Now we re a better society that is increasing women s rights and safeguarding public health, President Alberto Fernandez, who sponsored the original bill, wrote on Twitter.